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Also when someone is doing good and recognizing their progress, not just sanctioning them when in fact they relapse because relapse is a fact, and its part and parcel to addiction recovery. George, let me ask you, marty raisesed the point that the reason that we need felony possibilities with drug possession offenses is that we need an incentive for people to choose treatment when they are charged with a crime. Do you agree with them [ i dont. I understand where marty is coming from. I think we have to make sure when were treating this as a misdemeanor we do have a tool to ensure that people w...

Want to point out is that in terms of the changes currently taking place in californias criminal Justice System is that we have embarked on a very, very large experiment and thats called realignment. Prison population in california is going to approach by or sometime next year the federal mandate of 130,000. Weve already released some 50,000 individuals to serve their time locally, and these offenses that we were talking about here are currently in the list of offenses that were to be served in county jails now. And if the notion here is to provide services and treatment to these individuals f...

Part of the c. O. Or the p. D. Or the d. A. , helps first thought wrong become next right thing. You can do it. I can teach the incarcerated population what to want because they always get what they wanted. They wanted more, they got more. They got it, they got it. They want someday, they left with none. They wanted her or him, they got that. I can tell them what to want now. Pass first thought wrong, what to want. They do the right work, i can show them how to keep it this time. My boys safe all day. Its not because of me. Its because of efforts like this. [applause] as our panelists take the...

People come to a Needle Exchange program so they can safely use their drugs without getting an infection and spreading it to other people. There is no coercion involved. It is the most important you can have for someone who is a known drug user what that suggests is that when people need to get help, when people are trying to get better, what they most need is to have the opportunity to find their own dignity, their own self, their own worth. Having a judge or prosecutor with a hammer over your head saying you better be clear or im throwing you in jail. You better give me clean urines or im th...

Than that good evening, thank you for joining us. Joie chen is on assignment. Im josh rushing. Oscar winning actor Philip Seymour hoffman was laid to rest, the ceremony was private. But his death apparently over heroine, has sparked unrest, over the heart of the problem which lies in a place that has a long dark history with heroin. The city where hoffman died, there in new york city, the drug is cheaper than anywhere else. According to the New York Daily News you can buy 100 packets of american for 400. Basically four bucks a bag. Thats where america tonights Christof Putzel went to get the a...